bone density

Yes, you read that right. Odd as it sounds, new studies are suggesting that long-term use of bisphosphonates, a group of drugs commonly taken to treat osteoporosis, may be causing unusual bone fractures. Huh? Let’s back up a little. A few weeks ago, I wrote about a recent study that found high-impact exercise to have […]

As obesity continues to plague Americans, exercising for weight loss seems to be at the forefront of education, news, and entertainment. But exercise has benefits far beyond just losing weight, including research supporting its potential to ward off osteoporosis. A recent study in Sweden confirms that high-impact exercise can improve bone density in younger women, […]

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About Mind The Science Gap

Mind The Science Gap was a Science Communication Training blog that ran between 2012 - 2013.

Each semester, ten Master of Public Health students from the University of Michigan participated in a course on Communicating Science through Social Media. Each student on the course was required to post weekly articles here as they learned how to translate complex science into something a broad audience can understand and appreciate. And in doing so they were evaluated in the most brutal way possible - by the audience they were writing for!